Haitian Divorce

Babs and clean Willie were in love they saidSo in love the preacher's face turned redSoon everybody knew the thing was deadHe shouts, she bites, they wrangle through the nightShe go crazyGot to make a getaway

She takes the taxi to the good hotelBon marché as far as she can tellShe drinks the zombie from the cocoa shellShe feels alright, she get it on tonightMister driverTake me where the music plays

And papa saysAah - no hesitationNo tears and ...

At the grottoIn the greasy chairSits the Charlie with the lotion and the kinky hairWhen she smiled, she said it allThe band was hot soThey danced the famous merengueoNow we dolly backNow we fade to black

Tearful reunion in the USADay by day those memories fade awaySome babies grow in a peculiar wayIt changed, it grows, and everybody knowsSemi-mojoWho's that kinky so-and-so?

And papa goesOoh - no hesitationNo tears and no hearts' breaking ...

Funny thing that one. Quintessential non-singing musical prodigy Walter B. in his old age allowing himself to sing on stage one of them numbers. Can't sing for 3 cents, I'm lovin' it nonetheless, makes me feel better about my own c-class singing.